NCAA men's championships: Tee times, quarterfinals

Oklahoma State's Talor Gooch found the thick stuff Monday during the NCAA Men's Division I Championship at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan.
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By Golfweek Staff

Monday, May 26, 2014

The part of the college golf season we’ve all been waiting for is here: match play to declare the 2014 NCAA national champions.

The defending national champions, Alabama will play its first round match against 28th-ranked SMU, while 2013 NCAA runner-up Illinois will kick start its 2014 match-play bid against team stroke-play winner Stanford.

Our college golf experts are on site and have made their predictions through the championship match:

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Lance Ringler

QUARTERFINALS

• Illinois over Stanford

• Oklahoma State over Georgia Tech

• LSU over UCLA

• Alabama over SMU

SEMIFINALS

• Oklahoma State over Illinois

• Alabama over LSU

FINALS

• Oklahoma State over Alabama

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Brentley Romine

QUARTERFINALS

• Stanford over Illinois

• Georgia Tech over Oklahoma State

• LSU over UCLA

• Alabama over SMU

SEMIFINALS

• Georgia Tech over Stanford

• Alabama over LSU

FINALS

• Alabama over Georgia Tech

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Cassie Stein

QUARTERFINALS

• Illinois over Stanford

• Georgia Tech over Oklahoma State

• UCLA over LSU

• Alabama over SMU

SEMIFINALS

• Georgia Tech over Illinois

• Alabama over UCLA

FINALS

Georgia Tech over Alabama

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Complete tee times and pairings for Tuesday's quarterfinals round of match play at the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Championship at Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kan. (all times CDT):

Match #1: Alabama vs. SMU

No. 1 tee

7:00 a.m.: Bobby Wyatt vs. Austin Smotherman

7:10 a.m.: Robby Shelton vs. Andrew Buchanan

7:20 a.m.: Tom Lovelady vs. Harry Higgs

7:30 a.m.: Trey Mullinax vs. Bryson Dechambeau

7:40 a.m.: Cory Whitsett vs. Ryan Burgess

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Match #2: LSU vs. UCLA

No. 10 tee

7:00 a.m.: Curtis Thompson vs. Preston Valder

7:10 a.m.: Benjamin Taylor vs. Anton Arboleda

7:20 a.m.: Smylie Kaufman vs. Jonathan Garrick

7:30 a.m.: Stewart Jolly vs. Lorens Chan

7:40 a.m.: Zach Wright vs. Matt Pinizzotto

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Match #3: Stanford vs. Illinois

No. 1 tee

7:50 a.m.: David Boote vs. Thomas Detry

8:00 a.m.: Viraat Badhwar vs. Charlie Danielson

8:10 a.m.: Maverick McNealy vs. Brian Campbell

8:20 a.m.: Patrick Rodgers vs. Jonathan Hauter

8:30 a.m.: Cameron Wilson vs. Alex Burge

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Match #4: Oklahoma State vs. Georgia Tech

No. 10 tee

7:50 a.m.: Talor Gooch vs. Ricky Werenski

8:00 a.m.: Zachary Olsen vs. Bo Andrews

8:10 a.m.: Wyndham Clark vs. Ander Alberton

8:20 a.m.: Ian Davis vs. Ollie Schniederjans

8:30 a.m.: Jordan Niebrugge vs. Seth Reeves

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Note: Semifinal matches will start at 1 p.m. CT with the winner of Match # 1 facing the winner of Match #2; the winner of Match #3 will face the winner of Match #4 beginning at 1:45 p.m. CT.

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